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###### Department of the Interior

###### National Park Service

          - [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037091; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

# AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from unknown locations.

# DATES:

Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after January 18, 2024.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Dr. Daniel Benyshek, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154 telephone (702) 895-2070, email                         *Daniel.Benyshek@unlv.edu.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

## Description

Human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals were removed from unknown locations, identified by the following accession numbers AHUR 33 (Unknown Site), AHUR 71 (Unknown Site), AHUR 132 (Unknown Site), AHUR 134A (Unknown Site), AHUR 134B (Unknown Site), AHUR 145 (Unknown Site), AHUR 147X (Unknown Site), AHUR 1280 (Unknown Site), FHUR 16 (Unknown Site), and FHUR 70 (Unknown Site). The six associated funerary objects include pottery sherds, a worked stick, matting, leather, and beads.

## Aboriginal Land

Based on the collection history of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the human remains and associated funerary objects were likely removed from the aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the aboriginal land: a final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission.

## Determinations

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has determined that:
    - The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of nine individuals of Native American ancestry.
    - The six objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
    - No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe.
    - The human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice were likely removed from the aboriginal land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Ak-Chin Indian Community; Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians ( Previously                      listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California); Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria; Cahuilla Band of Indians; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Captain Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California (Barona Group of Captain Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California; Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Captain Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation, California); Cedarville Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, California; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; Elk Valley Rancheria, California; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California; Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, California; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California; Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, California; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Jamul Indian Village of California; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Karuk Tribe; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California;                            ( print page 87794)                          Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Klamath Tribes; Koi Nation of Northern California; La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, California; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Lytton Rancheria of California; Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California; Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pala Band of Mission Indians; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Indians (                     Previously                      listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California); Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California; Pit River Tribe, California (Includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias); Potter Valley Tribe, California; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Redding Rancheria, California; Redwood Valley or Little River Band of Pomo Indians of the Redwood Valley Rancheria, California; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Resighini Rancheria, California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians (                     Previously                      listed as Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, California); Robinson Rancheria; Round Valley Indian Tribes, Round Valley Reservation, California; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California; Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tejon Indian Tribe; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; and Wells Band); Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; Ute Indian Tribe of the Unitah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & Washoe Ranches); White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Wilton Rancheria, California; Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada; Wiyot Tribe, California; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe; Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada; Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California; Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada; Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (                     Previously                      listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California); and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California.                

## Requests for Disposition

                    Written requests for disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in                     **ADDRESSES.**                     Requests for disposition may be submitted by:                

1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land Indian Tribe.

Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 18, 2024. If competing requests for disposition are received, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.

*Authority:*                     Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 10.11.                

Dated: December 8, 2023.

Melanie O'Brien,

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023-27797 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]

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